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SUMMARY:Brent Biennial 2025: AIR Ritual - Living Knowledge
DESCRIPTION:Join artists Quek Jia Qi and Aaron Lim to create\, experiment and share your knowledge with the mobile library\n\n\nLiving Knowledge: Exploring Community-Led Ways of Knowing\, Learning\, and Being  \nCan community-led knowledge exchange inspire new ways of knowing\, learning and being? \nDrawing on her experiences in Singapore and the UK\, artist and educator Quek Jia Qi shares her artistic and pedagogical practice that reimagines how\, where\, and with whom we learn. In this participatory workshop\, participants are invited to explore not only their unique stories\, skills\, knowledge\, and perspectives\, but also the ways these can intersect and resonate with others. In collaboration with spatial designer Aaron Lim\, the activated installation supports movement\, experimentation\, and exchange\, enhancing opportunities for shared discovery. \nParticipants will take part in a process of experimentation\, sharing\, and prototyping\, contributing their creation to the mobile library. Each contribution becomes part of the evolving installation that grows and shifts as ideas\, stories\, and practices accumulate. The ongoing creation celebrates creativity\, collaboration\, and cross-cultural learning\, highlighting the diverse ways knowledge can be expressed\, embodied\, and circulated. Participants become co-creators in a dynamic exploration of learning and knowledge exchange. The workshop offers a space to reflect on how collective practices can shape new ways of thinking\, learning\, and being together\, while inspiring new models of participation and collaboration within and beyond our learning communities. \nThis event will take place in Blue Shed\, Harrow Campus\, University Of Westminster\, Watford Rd\, Northwick Park Roundabout\, Harrow HA1 3TP.  \n \n\n\nAbout the artists \nA Mobile Library for Collective Knowledge is created by artist Quek Jia Qi in collaboration with spatial designer Aaron Lim. \nQuek Jia Qi is an artist and educator whose socially engaged practice bridges community and learning through storytelling. Working at the intersection of art and pedagogy\, she collaborates with people across disciplines and walks of life. Her work unfolds through site-specific installations\, public programmes\, and performances that create space for connection and dialogue—inviting new ways of learning\, relating\, and being together. \nA recipient of the Social Art Award in 2017\, Jia Qi has exhibited her work internationally across the US\, UK\, Europe\, and Asia\, including at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) Singapore\, Raven Row and 5th Base Gallery in London\, Whiteconcepts Gallery in Berlin\, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art (CICA) Museum in South Korea\, and Framer Framed in Amsterdam\, Netherlands. Her work has also been presented at public festivals such as the Singapore Night Festival and Singapore Archifest\, and in public spaces across Singapore\, London\, and New York. Grounded in reciprocity\, care\, and curiosity\, her practice explores how art can be offered as a gift—expanding modes of exchange and nurturing meaningful relationships. \nAaron Lim is a spatial designer whose practice embraces cross-disciplinary and collaborative modes of making. He is interested in developing participatory methodologies that foster spatial agency and support the collective shaping of spaces and ideas. Centered around playfulness\, his approach invites participants to engage with his work through childlike wonder and curiosity\, encouraging reflection on their routines through the subversion of everyday objects and rituals. \nHis works have been featured across a wide range of public spaces and festivals\, including Noise Singapore\, Singapore Art Week\, Singapore Night Festival\, Singapore Heritage Festival\, Park(ing) Day and the London Festival of Architecture. He has also designed sets and exhibition spaces for the National Gallery Singapore\, National Library Singapore\, Singapore Coffee Festival and Singapore Design Week. \n \n\n\nBrent Biennial 2025: AIR Ritual \nEach breath is a new possibility of life. Inhalation and exhalation as cycles of existence. Air is also the catalytic substance of ignition; it represents the power of utterance; declaration\, song\, whistles\, chants\, spells\, of mobilising ideas and knowledge\, people and animals. The intangible\, invisible force that creates changes in culture\, education\, legal systems\, religion and ideologies. \nAIR Ritual forms part of the programme for Brent Biennial 2025. Titled “Bones\, stones\, and calling the four elements”\, it seeks to invoke a communal spirit of gathering and imagining. Between June to October 2025 four ‘rituals’\, WATER (22 June)\, EARTH (24 July – 1 August) FIRE (26 September – 12 October) and AIR (17 -24 October) will unfold at four Brent sites – a public reservoir\, a park\, an old medical facility and a university campus. Located in the north and south of the borough — Harrow\, Wembley and Kilburn — the ‘rituals’ will feature artists presenting workshops\, talks\, performance and exhibition.
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/brent-biennial-2025-air-ritual-living-knowledge/
LOCATION:University of Westminster\, Harrow Campus\, Watford Rd\, Northwick Park Roundabout\, Harrow\, England\, HA1 3TP\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251022T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251022T180000
DTSTAMP:20251021T094003Z
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SUMMARY:Brent Biennial 2025: AIR Ritual – Exhibitions
DESCRIPTION:One ticket to see all the AIR Ritual artworks at University of Westminster and Northwick Park Hospital
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/brent-biennial-2025-air-ritual-exhibitions-6/
LOCATION:University of Westminster\, Harrow Campus\, Watford Rd\, Northwick Park Roundabout\, Harrow\, England\, HA1 3TP\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251022T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251022T140000
DTSTAMP:20251010T065551Z
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SUMMARY:Black History Month Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Come celebrate Black History Month — Food for Thought\, Stories That Inspire.\n\n\nBlack History Month Celebration \nCome join us at the Grand Hall in Brent Civic Centre in Wembley for a vibrant celebration of Black History Month! Enjoy a delicious lunch while connecting with colleagues and community members\, followed by a powerful film screening that highlights the richness\, resilience\, and contributions of Black communities. This midday event offers a moment to reflect\, learn\, and celebrate through food\, storytelling\, and shared experience. Let’s honour the past\, embrace the present\, and inspire the future—together.
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/black-history-month-celebration/
LOCATION:Brent Civic Centre\, Engineers Way\, Wembley Park\, England\, HA9 0FJ\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251022T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251022T140000
DTSTAMP:20251021T094007Z
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SUMMARY:Stitch Social
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the summer season of Stitch Social and enjoy a rich blend of storytelling and stitch art creativity. Funded by NLWA
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/stitch-social-31/
LOCATION:Sycamore Community Hall\, 27A West End Lane\, London\, England\, NW6 4NY\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251022T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251022T120000
DTSTAMP:20251020T152921Z
CREATED:20250812T235946Z
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SUMMARY:Wembley Library Coffee Morning: Wartime letters from Wembley's Preston Park
DESCRIPTION:Get ready to dive into the heartfelt wartime stories from Wembley’s Preston Park – a unique experience you won’t want to miss!\n\n\nMuriel had lived on the Preston Park estate in the 1930s\, and stayed in touch with several neighbours there after she moved away. She kept the letters which she received from her friends Nancie and Doris during the Second World War\, and these were donated to Wembley History Society in 2020. \nJoin Philip Grant\, from the history society\, and “Nancie” and “Doris”\, to hear first hand accounts from local housewives of what it was like living in Wembley during the war\, including news of their families\, the local primary school their children went to (and gossip about other residents they all knew!)\, as well as the effects of air raids and rationing on their daily lives. There will also be a chance to share your views and experiences about how their lives compared to ours today. \nThis event is part of the nationwide project Our Freedom Then and Now\, exploring the legacy of VE Day and VJ Day. In Brent this takes the form of a dynamic community programme jointly delivered by Brent Libraries\, Culture and Heritage and the Jason Roberts Foundation.
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/wembley-library-coffee-morning-wartime-letters-from-wembleys-preston-park/
LOCATION:Wembley Library\, 32 Engineers Way\, Wembley Park\, England\, HA9 8TS\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251022T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251022T123000
DTSTAMP:20251021T094007Z
CREATED:20250926T150130Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251021T094007Z
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SUMMARY:Women Supporting Women: A New Social Club for Women in NW6 and Beyond
DESCRIPTION:Join our new women’s group; share experiences\, build friendships & support each other. Launch 17 Sept\, 10:30am. All welcome!
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/women-supporting-women-a-new-social-club-for-women-in-nw6-and-beyond-4/
LOCATION:England
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251021T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251021T180000
DTSTAMP:20251021T094003Z
CREATED:20251010T184319Z
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SUMMARY:Brent Biennial 2025: AIR Ritual – Exhibitions
DESCRIPTION:One ticket to see all the AIR Ritual artworks at University of Westminster and Northwick Park Hospital
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/brent-biennial-2025-air-ritual-exhibitions-5/
LOCATION:University of Westminster\, Harrow Campus\, Watford Rd\, Northwick Park Roundabout\, Harrow\, England\, HA1 3TP\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251021T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251021T120000
DTSTAMP:20251021T094007Z
CREATED:20250926T150143Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251021T094007Z
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SUMMARY:Kilburn Foraging Walks
DESCRIPTION:Learn about edible weeds and other plants growing wild in Kilburn on our guided foraging walks project\, open to everyone.
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/kilburn-foraging-walks-4/
LOCATION:Varies\, Varies\, London\, England\, NW6 XXX\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251020T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251020T150000
DTSTAMP:20251017T204242Z
CREATED:20251001T171421Z
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SUMMARY:Brent Biennial 2025: AIR Ritual – Crafting Circles
DESCRIPTION:Join artist Adeline Kueh to explore questions of home\, rituals and storytelling while learning to sew fabric rosettes\n\n\nCrafting circles: kinning\, care and resilience \nHow might we connect through craft and ritual? Perhaps through love languages that sit at the intersection of care\, making\, and storytelling. As I consider the home as one of many vessels\, I turn to rituals such as the making of the rosette\, which functions as both leitmotif and visual metaphor. This symbol holds layers of matrilineal stories and intergenerational knowledge—intimately private\, yet resonating as forms of public remembrance. Participants will gather to learn how to sew the fabric rosettes while sharing stories about rituals within the home\, and their recollections of craft practices. \nYou will also have the opportunity to visit Adeline Kueh’s exhibition A Blade of Grass Behind the Ear which will be on display onsite: \nAs I consider the home as one of many vessels\, I turn to rituals such as the making of the rosette\, which functions as both leitmotif and visual metaphor. This symbol holds layers of matrilineal stories and intergenerational knowledge—intimately private\, yet resonating as forms of public remembrance. \nThrough a combination of video works\, installations\, and collected oral histories\, the project weaves together themes of memory\, transformation\, and legacy. In this context\, air becomes a metaphor for continuity—for the invisible yet vital flows that sustain life\, connection\, and exchange across time\, space\, and generations. \nImages courtesy of the artist. \nThis workshop will take place in Blue Shed\, Harrow Campus\, University Of Westminster\, Watford Rd\, Northwick Park Roundabout\, Harrow HA1 3TP. Room announcement will be given nearer the time. \n\n\nAbout the artist \nAdeline Kueh is a visual artist who makes installations and socially-embodied works that reconsider the relationship we have with things and rituals around us. Using drawing as a conceptual tool\, she looks to cartographies\, craft and oral tradition to map out the historical trajectories across time and space through her use of found objects and new productions. \nAs a co-founder of the Critical Craft Collective (Singapore) and the pan-Borneo/UK Serumpun Collective\, the centrality of craft in contemporary practice as well as the politics of care are the core foci in her research practice. In light of the ecological turn\, Adeline’s immediate concerns have shifted towards ideas around intimate labour\, and the politics and poetics of care. Presently a Senior Lecturer with the MA Fine Arts programme at LASALLE College of the Arts\, Adeline has exhibited internationally. She is currently a 2024-2026 Ewha Global Fellow (EGF) with Ewha Womans University\, South Korea. \n\n\nBrent Biennial 2025: AIR Ritual \nEach breath is a new possibility of life. Inhalation and exhalation as cycles of existence. Air is also the catalytic substance of ignition; it represents the power of utterance; declaration\, song\, whistles\, chants\, spells\, of mobilising ideas and knowledge\, people and animals. The intangible\, invisible force that creates changes in culture\, education\, legal systems\, religion and ideologies. \nAIR Ritual forms part of the programme for Brent Biennial 2025. Titled “Bones\, stones\, and calling the four elements”\, it seeks to invoke a communal spirit of gathering and imagining. Between June to October 2025 four ‘rituals’\, WATER (22 June)\, EARTH (24 July – 1 August) FIRE (26 September – 12 October) and AIR (17 -24 October) will unfold at four Brent sites – a public reservoir\, a park\, an old medical facility and a university campus. Located in the north and south of the borough — Harrow\, Wembley and Kilburn — the ‘rituals’ will feature artists presenting workshops\, talks\, performance and exhibition.
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/brent-biennial-2025-air-ritual-crafting-circles/
LOCATION:University of Westminster\, Harrow Campus\, Watford Rd\, Northwick Park Roundabout\, Harrow\, England\, HA1 3TP\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251020T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251020T180000
DTSTAMP:20251017T204242Z
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SUMMARY:Brent Biennial 2025: AIR Ritual – Exhibitions
DESCRIPTION:One ticket to see all the AIR Ritual artworks at University of Westminster and Northwick Park Hospital
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/brent-biennial-2025-air-ritual-exhibitions-4/
LOCATION:University of Westminster\, Harrow Campus\, Watford Rd\, Northwick Park Roundabout\, Harrow\, England\, HA1 3TP\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251019T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251019T180000
DTSTAMP:20251017T204242Z
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SUMMARY:Brent Biennial 2025: AIR Ritual – Exhibitions
DESCRIPTION:One ticket to see all the AIR Ritual artworks at University of Westminster and Northwick Park Hospital
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/brent-biennial-2025-air-ritual-exhibitions-3/
LOCATION:University of Westminster\, Harrow Campus\, Watford Rd\, Northwick Park Roundabout\, Harrow\, England\, HA1 3TP\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251018T164500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251018T181500
DTSTAMP:20251018T142845Z
CREATED:20250224T141258Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251018T142845Z
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SUMMARY:Clinical Work Groups
DESCRIPTION:Join experienced Brent Centre Child & Adolescent Psychotherapists for a clinical discussion of your work with adolescents and young people.
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/clinical-work-groups-9/
LOCATION:England
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251018T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251018T163000
DTSTAMP:20251018T142845Z
CREATED:20241118T212059Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251018T142845Z
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SUMMARY:BCYP Presents - Adolescence: Contemporary Psychoanalytic Approach
DESCRIPTION:The Brent Centre for Young People presents a insightful series of seminars by our diverse range of adolescent psychoanalytic experts.
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/bcyp-presents-adolescence-contemporary-psychoanalytic-perspectives-9/
LOCATION:England
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251018T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251018T160000
DTSTAMP:20251009T182900Z
CREATED:20251009T182900Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251009T182900Z
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SUMMARY:Brent Biennial 2025: AIR Ritual – UNFOLD (Wondering Minds)
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a session of screenings and discussions with Wondering Minds filmmakers\, exploring lived experiences of mental health\n\n\nAbout the event \nFilmmaking Project Showcases Stories of Mental Health Through Lived ExperienceWondering CIC & WCL Mind present a series of powerful community screenings across London \nWondering CIC\, in partnership with WCL Mind\, is proud to announce the first public screenings of UNFOLD\, a groundbreaking collaborative filmmaking project exploring mental health through lived experience storytelling and biographical film as a tool for therapy. \nRunning over 14 weeks between March and June 2025\, UNFOLD culminated in 11 filmmakers each creating a deeply personal autobiographical short film. Across 18 sessions\, participants developed filmmaking skills while using creativity as a therapeutic outlet. The films reflect resilience and identity offering fresh perspectives on mental health. \nThe project is part of Wondering CIC’s regenerative model\, where participants are supported to return the following year to mentor others and access freelance opportunities — creating sustainable pathways into the creative industries. \n \nThis event will take place in the Kodak Theatre\, University of Westminster Harrow Campus \n \nIMAGES \n1 – 3 – Images from Wondering Minds filmmaking workshops4 – 6 – Images from UNFOLD films \n \nAbout Wondering Minds \nWondering CIC is a community interest company using storytelling\, filmmaking\, and art as interventions for health\, wellbeing\, and social change. By putting cameras into the hands of people with lived experience\, Wondering CIC empowers individuals to own their stories\, build skills\, and create authentic films that shift perspectives on mental health. \nBrent Biennial 2025: AIR Ritual \nEach breath is a new possibility of life. Inhalation and exhalation as cycles of existence. Air is also the catalytic substance of ignition; it represents the power of utterance; declaration\, song\, whistles\, chants\, spells\, of mobilising ideas and knowledge\, people and animals. The intangible\, invisible force that creates changes in culture\, education\, legal systems\, religion and ideologies. \nAIR Ritual forms part of the programme for Brent Biennial 2025. Titled “Bones\, stones\, and calling the four elements”\, it seeks to invoke a communal spirit of gathering and imagining. Between June to October 2025 four ‘rituals’\, WATER (22 June)\, EARTH (24 July – 1 August) FIRE (26 September – 12 October) and AIR (17 -24 October) will unfold at four Brent sites – a public reservoir\, a park\, an old medical facility and a university campus. Located in the north and south of the borough — Harrow\, Wembley and Kilburn — the ‘rituals’ will feature artists presenting workshops\, talks\, performance and exhibition.
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/brent-biennial-2025-air-ritual-unfold-wondering-minds-2/
LOCATION:University of Westminster\, Harrow Campus\, Watford Rd\, Northwick Park Roundabout\, Harrow\, England\, HA1 3TP\, United Kingdom
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251018T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251018T160000
DTSTAMP:20251017T204242Z
CREATED:20251009T182900Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251017T204242Z
UID:10000638-1760796000-1760803200@cvsbrent.org.uk
SUMMARY:Brent Biennial 2025: AIR Ritual – UNFOLD (Wondering Minds)
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a session of screenings and discussions with Wondering Minds filmmakers\, exploring lived experiences of mental health\n\n\nAbout the event \nFilmmaking Project Showcases Stories of Mental Health Through Lived ExperienceWondering CIC & WCL Mind present a series of powerful community screenings across London \nWondering CIC\, in partnership with WCL Mind\, is proud to announce the first public screenings of UNFOLD\, a groundbreaking collaborative filmmaking project exploring mental health through lived experience storytelling and biographical film as a tool for therapy. \nRunning over 14 weeks between March and June 2025\, UNFOLD culminated in 11 filmmakers each creating a deeply personal autobiographical short film. Across 18 sessions\, participants developed filmmaking skills while using creativity as a therapeutic outlet. The films reflect resilience and identity offering fresh perspectives on mental health. \nThe project is part of Wondering CIC’s regenerative model\, where participants are supported to return the following year to mentor others and access freelance opportunities — creating sustainable pathways into the creative industries. \n \nThis event will take place in the Kodak Theatre\, University of Westminster Harrow Campus \n \nIMAGES \n1 – 3 – Images from Wondering Minds filmmaking workshops4 – 6 – Images from UNFOLD films \n \nAbout Wondering Minds \nWondering CIC is a community interest company using storytelling\, filmmaking\, and art as interventions for health\, wellbeing\, and social change. By putting cameras into the hands of people with lived experience\, Wondering CIC empowers individuals to own their stories\, build skills\, and create authentic films that shift perspectives on mental health. \nBrent Biennial 2025: AIR Ritual \nEach breath is a new possibility of life. Inhalation and exhalation as cycles of existence. Air is also the catalytic substance of ignition; it represents the power of utterance; declaration\, song\, whistles\, chants\, spells\, of mobilising ideas and knowledge\, people and animals. The intangible\, invisible force that creates changes in culture\, education\, legal systems\, religion and ideologies. \nAIR Ritual forms part of the programme for Brent Biennial 2025. Titled “Bones\, stones\, and calling the four elements”\, it seeks to invoke a communal spirit of gathering and imagining. Between June to October 2025 four ‘rituals’\, WATER (22 June)\, EARTH (24 July – 1 August) FIRE (26 September – 12 October) and AIR (17 -24 October) will unfold at four Brent sites – a public reservoir\, a park\, an old medical facility and a university campus. Located in the north and south of the borough — Harrow\, Wembley and Kilburn — the ‘rituals’ will feature artists presenting workshops\, talks\, performance and exhibition.
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/brent-biennial-2025-air-ritual-unfold-wondering-minds/
LOCATION:University of Westminster\, Harrow Campus\, Watford Rd\, Northwick Park Roundabout\, Harrow\, England\, HA1 3TP\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251018T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251018T180000
DTSTAMP:20251017T204242Z
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SUMMARY:Brent Biennial 2025: AIR Ritual – Exhibitions
DESCRIPTION:One ticket to see all the AIR Ritual artworks at University of Westminster and Northwick Park Hospital
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/brent-biennial-2025-air-ritual-exhibitions-2/
LOCATION:University of Westminster\, Harrow Campus\, Watford Rd\, Northwick Park Roundabout\, Harrow\, England\, HA1 3TP\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251018T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251018T150000
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SUMMARY:Brent Biennial 2025: AIR Ritual - Cameraless Animation Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Join experimental filmmaker Jacob Watkinson to create animations on 16mm film without using a camera\n\n\nAbout the event \nIn this hands-on\, cameraless animation workshop\, participants will be introduced to key Structuralist films before exploring the creative possibilities of 16mm film. You’ll have the opportunity to paint\, scratch\, and draw directly onto celluloid\, working with both archival home movies as well as clear film leader for direct animation. The session will culminate in a live projection\, showcasing the unique short works created during the workshop. \nNo prior experience with 16mm film is required—this workshop is designed to provide an accessible foundation for anyone interested in experimenting with film as a creative medium. \nMaximum number of participants: 18 \nThe event will take place in Blue Shed\, Harrow Campus\, University Of Westminster\, Watford Rd\, Northwick Park Roundabout\, Harrow HA1 3TP. Room announcement will be given nearer the time. \n \nAbout the artist \nJacob Watkinson is an experimental filmmaker and Arts Facilitator whose work explores the fragile materiality of celluloid\, pushing the medium to its limits and examining the creative possibilities of image manipulation. Inspired by the Structuralist movement\, his various films have screened at festivals and exhibitions worldwide. \nIn addition to his artistic practice\, Jacob works as Creative Director for an archival organisation dedicated to preserving and sharing personal and family histories\, helping individuals protect their memories while connecting them to a wider cultural narrative. \nHe also leads arts workshops focused on hands-on experimentation with celluloid as a creative medium. \n \nBrent Biennial 2025: AIR Ritual \nEach breath is a new possibility of life. Inhalation and exhalation as cycles of existence. Air is also the catalytic substance of ignition; it represents the power of utterance; declaration\, song\, whistles\, chants\, spells\, of mobilising ideas and knowledge\, people and animals. The intangible\, invisible force that creates changes in culture\, education\, legal systems\, religion and ideologies. \nAIR Ritual forms part of the programme for Brent Biennial 2025. Titled “Bones\, stones\, and calling the four elements”\, it seeks to invoke a communal spirit of gathering and imagining. Between June to October 2025 four ‘rituals’\, WATER (22 June)\, EARTH (24 July – 1 August) FIRE (26 September – 12 October) and AIR (17 -24 October) will unfold at four Brent sites – a public reservoir\, a park\, an old medical facility and a university campus. Located in the north and south of the borough — Harrow\, Wembley and Kilburn — the ‘rituals’ will feature artists presenting workshops\, talks\, performance and exhibition.
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/brent-biennial-2025-air-ritual-cameraless-animation-workshop/
LOCATION:University of Westminster\, Harrow Campus\, Watford Rd\, Northwick Park Roundabout\, Harrow\, England\, HA1 3TP\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251018T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251018T150000
DTSTAMP:20251017T204242Z
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SUMMARY:Brent Biennial 2025: AIR Ritual – Hack the World Around You
DESCRIPTION:Explore the world of physical computing in this hands-on workshop and turn everyday objects into interactive controllers\n\n\nAbout the event \nExplore the world of physical computing in this hands-on workshop delivered by students and staff from the BA Creative Media Arts at the University of Westminster. In this workshop you will learn how to turn everyday objects and materials — like fruit\, foil\, or even paint — into interactive controllers for triggering sounds\, games\, or animations. No prior coding or electronics experience is needed—just creativity and a willingness to experiment. \nThe workshop introduces key concepts of interactivity\, giving you practical insight into how technology can be embedded in the physical world. You’ll have the chance to design and build your own interactive project\, combining problem-solving\, creativity\, and technical skills. \nThe session is suitable for ages 16 and above.Maximum number of participants: 18 \nThe event will take place in Blue Shed\, Harrow Campus\, University Of Westminster\, Watford Rd\, Northwick Park Roundabout\, Harrow HA1 3TP. Room announcement will be given nearer the time. \nAbout the facilitators \nThe BA (Hons) Creative Media Arts is an exciting hands-on course that will see you produce art and make content including films\, photographs\, interactive installations\, immersive and digital media using creative technologies such as augmented reality (AR)\, virtual reality (VR)\, projection mapping\, 3D modelling and game engines. \nWith an ethos of ‘learning through making’\, you will be encouraged to experiment\, innovate and pursue your own creative interests. The course places you at the forefront of technological developments in the arts and creative sectors. \nThe course produces multi-skilled graduates capable of thriving in fast-moving creative industries. \nBrent Biennial 2025: AIR Ritual \nEach breath is a new possibility of life. Inhalation and exhalation as cycles of existence. Air is also the catalytic substance of ignition; it represents the power of utterance; declaration\, song\, whistles\, chants\, spells\, of mobilising ideas and knowledge\, people and animals. The intangible\, invisible force that creates changes in culture\, education\, legal systems\, religion and ideologies. \nAIR Ritual forms part of the programme for Brent Biennial 2025. Titled “Bones\, stones\, and calling the four elements”\, it seeks to invoke a communal spirit of gathering and imagining. Between June to October 2025 four ‘rituals’\, WATER (22 June)\, EARTH (24 July – 1 August) FIRE (26 September – 12 October) and AIR (17 -24 October) will unfold at four Brent sites – a public reservoir\, a park\, an old medical facility and a university campus. Located in the north and south of the borough — Harrow\, Wembley and Kilburn — the ‘rituals’ will feature artists presenting workshops\, talks\, performance and exhibition.
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/brent-biennial-2025-air-ritual-hack-the-world-around-you/
LOCATION:University of Westminster\, Harrow Campus\, Watford Rd\, Northwick Park Roundabout\, Harrow\, England\, HA1 3TP\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251017T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251017T180000
DTSTAMP:20251017T204242Z
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SUMMARY:Brent Biennial 2025: AIR Ritual – Asia Forum: Exploring diaspora narratives
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an Asia Forum panel with Biennial artists Nikki Lam\, Quek Jia Qi\, Aaron Lam and Adeline Kueh\n\n\nAsia Forum: Exploring diaspora narratives and intersections of knowledge – panel with Biennial artists Nikki Lam\, Quek Jia Qi\, Aaron Lim and Adeline Kueh \nLaunched in 2021\, the Asia Forum for the Contemporary Art of Global Asia/s is a platform envisioned for discourse surrounding experimental art practices and research brings awareness to and contextualises the fast-developing artistic practices and contemporary geo-politics of Asia/s. \nAsia Forum council members John Tain and Annie Jael Kwan will be joined by researchers Dr Eva Li and Professor May Adadol Ingawanij\, in conversation with Biennial artists Nikki Lam\, Adeline Kueh\, Quek Jia Qi and Aaron Lim. Together\, they will first reflect on Lam’s exploration of the context of Hong Kong in relation to aesthetic and diaspora identity\, futuring nostalgia and geopolitical narratives. The second session invites the audience to engage with Kueh\, Quek and Lim’s invitational methodologies that centre knowledge exchange systems and relational intimacies. \nThis event will take place in the Auditorium\, University of Westminster Harrow Campus. \nArtworks by these artists are on exhibition in various spaces at the University of Westminster Harrow Campus between 17 – 24 October as part of Brent Biennial 2025’s AIR Ritual. More information at metrolandcultures.com! \nAll of the artists are running workshops during AIR Ritual – please book tickets here! \nIMAGES1/ Still from _2101\, 4K digital with sound\, 2021\, from Nikki Lam\, The Unshakable Destiny (2021-2025)2/ Quek Jia Qi and Aaron Lim\, A Mobile Library for Collective Knowledge (2025)3/ Still from Adeline Kueh\, One (and the same) \n \n \n\n\n\n \n \nAbout the panellists \nAaron Lim is a spatial designer whose practice embraces cross-disciplinary and collaborative modes of making. He is interested in developing participatory methodologies that foster spatial agency and support the collective shaping of spaces and ideas. Centered around playfulness\, his approach invites participants to engage with his work through childlike wonder and curiosity\, encouraging reflection on their routines through the subversion of everyday objects and rituals. His works have been featured across a wide range of public spaces and festivals\, including Noise Singapore\, Singapore Art Week\, Singapore Night Festival\, Singapore Heritage Festival\, Park(ing) Day and the London Festival of Architecture. He has also designed sets and exhibition spaces for the National Gallery Singapore\, National Library Singapore\, Singapore Coffee Festival and Singapore Design Week. \nAdeline Kueh is a visual artist who makes installations and socially-embodied works that reconsider the relationship we have with things and rituals around us. Using drawing as a conceptual tool\, she looks to cartographies\, craft and oral tradition to map out the historical trajectories across time and space through her use of found objects and new productions. As a co-founder of the Critical Craft Collective (Singapore) and the pan-Borneo/UK Serumpun Collective\, the centrality of craft in contemporary practice as well as the politics of care are the core foci in her research practice. In light of the ecological turn\, Adeline’s immediate concerns have shifted towards ideas around intimate labour\, and the politics and poetics of care. Presently a Senior Lecturer with the MA Fine Arts programme at LASALLE College of the Arts\, Adeline has exhibited internationally. She is currently a 2024-2026 Ewha Global Fellow (EGF) with Ewha Womans University\, South Korea. \nAnnie Jael Kwan is an independent curator and researcher based in London. Her work sits at the intersections of contemporary art\, archives\, and cultural activism\, with a focus on feminist/queer and alternative knowledges\, collective relations\, solidarity\, and spiritual justice. She is Director of Something Human\, the curatorial initiative that launched Europe’s largest Southeast Asia Performance Collection at the Live Art Development Agency (2017). She also leads Asia-Art-Activism\, an interdisciplinary and intergenerational network\, and is a founding council member of the Asia Forum for the Contemporary Arts of Global Asias\, co-launched with the Bagri Foundation at the 59th Venice Biennale and presented with Asymmetry Art Foundation at the 60th Biennale (2024). She currently serves as Curator of the Brent Biennial (2023–25) and is a TECHNE scholar at CREAM\, University of Westminster. \nEva Cheuk-Yin Li (she/they) is Lecturer (Assistant Professor) of Media and Cultural Studies in the School of Arts at Lancaster University. Her research explores fandom and audience participation\, gender and sexuality\, and Hong Kong media and culture. Her work has been published in edited volumes\, encyclopaedias\, and peer-reviewed journals including Media\, Culture & Society\, European Journal of Cultural Studies\, Feminist Media Studies\, and Sexualities. Her recent projects include queer media in Southeast Asia and social media consumption among Hong Kong migrants in the UK. \nJohn Tain curated Of Mountains and Seas\, the third edition of the Lahore Biennale\, in 2024. As Head of Research at Asia Art Archive (2017-2023)\, he played a lead role on projects including AAA’s contribution to documenta fifteen (2022); Art Schools of Asia (2021-22); the exhibition “Crafting Communities” (2020)\, devoted to Thailand-based Womanifesto; and MAHASSA (Modern Art Histories in and across Africa\, and South and Southeast Asia\, 2019-2020)\, a collaboration with the Dhaka Art Summit and Cornell University. He serves as an organizer of Asia Forum\, a collateral event at the Venice Biennale\, and previously worked as a curator at the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles. \n \nMay Adadol Ingawanij is Co-director of the Centre for Research and Education in Arts and Media (CREAM) and Professor of Cinematic Arts at the University of Westminster. \n \nNikki Lam is an artist-curator and filmmaker based in Narrm/Melbourne and Hong Kong. Working primarily with moving images and text\, their work contemplates time\, memory and impermanence. Nikki is interested in the complexity of migratory expressions\, fragmentation and relations. Nikki’s work has been shown\, published and screened internationally. Their latest work The Unshakable Destiny (2021-2025) is a modular moving image trilogy on Hong Kong cinema and its spectres\, exploring diaspora art making as a witness to the slippery political context of a homeland from afar. Nikki is currently co-director of Hyphenated Projects\, an award-winning artist-led network that nurtures practice in Asian diasporas\, and co-founder of Slow Burn Books. Nikki is a PhD (Art) candidate at RMIT University. \nQuek Jia Qi is an artist and educator whose socially engaged practice bridges community and learning through storytelling. Working at the intersection of art and pedagogy\, she collaborates with people across disciplines and walks of life. Her work unfolds through site-specific installations\, public programmes\, and performances that create space for connection and dialogue—inviting new ways of learning\, relating\, and being together. A recipient of the Social Art Award in 2017\, Jia Qi has exhibited her work internationally across the US\, UK\, Europe\, and Asia\, including at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) Singapore\, Raven Row and 5th Base Gallery in London\, Whiteconcepts Gallery in Berlin\, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art (CICA) Museum in South Korea\, and Framer Framed in Amsterdam\, Netherlands. Her work has also been presented at public festivals such as the Singapore Night Festival and Singapore Archifest\, and in public spaces across Singapore\, London\, and New York. Grounded in reciprocity\, care\, and curiosity\, her practice explores how art can be offered as a gift—expanding modes of exchange and nurturing meaningful relationships. \nAbout the organisers \nAsia ForumThe Asia Forum for the Contemporary Art of Global Asias is a platform envisioned for discourse surrounding experimental art practices and research that produce hopeful new worlds beyond the North Atlantic. The Asia Forum will bring awareness to and contextualise the fast-developing artistic practices and contemporary geo-politics of Asia/s. Its interdisciplinary approach and reflexive work will reveal and explore deep histories of exchange and flows\, and overlapping concerns and heritages. It will engage a ‘public’ eager for discourse on urgent issues of climate\, democracy\, anti-racism\, and creative agency for addressing global anxieties through the lens and engine of “Asia/s’. Asia Forum was launched in 2021/22 with the generous support of the Bagri Foundation. \nBrent Biennial 2025: AIR Ritual \nEach breath is a new possibility of life. Inhalation and exhalation as cycles of existence. Air is also the catalytic substance of ignition; it represents the power of utterance; declaration\, song\, whistles\, chants\, spells\, of mobilising ideas and knowledge\, people and animals. The intangible\, invisible force that creates changes in culture\, education\, legal systems\, religion and ideologies. \nAIR Ritual forms part of the programme for Brent Biennial 2025. Titled “Bones\, stones\, and calling the four elements”\, it seeks to invoke a communal spirit of gathering and imagining. Between June to October 2025 four ‘rituals’\, WATER (22 June)\, EARTH (24 July – 1 August) FIRE (26 September – 12 October) and AIR (17 -24 October) will unfold at four Brent sites – a public reservoir\, a park\, an old medical facility and a university campus. Located in the north and south of the borough — Harrow\, Wembley and Kilburn — the ‘rituals’ will feature artists presenting workshops\, talks\, performance and exhibition.
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/brent-biennial-2025-air-ritual-asia-forum-exploring-diaspora-narratives/
LOCATION:University of Westminster\, Harrow Campus\, Watford Rd\, Northwick Park Roundabout\, Harrow\, England\, HA1 3TP\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251017T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251017T160000
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SUMMARY:Brent Biennial 2025: AIR Ritual – Into the Cave
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a guest lecture from critically-acclaimed artist filmmaker Jesse Jones\, tracing two decades of her film practice\n\n\nAbout the event \nJoin artist Jessie Jones for an in-depth talk tracing two decades of her film practice\, from Spectre in the Sphere (2008) to her recent commission The White Cave for the Singapore Biennial. Through selected clips\, discussion\, and a special test screening of new work in progress. Jones will map the key principles guiding her films: feminist histories and suppressed voices\, with subjects that range from communist spectres\, witches and oysters . This event offers a rare insight into her evolving practice and future directions. \nThis event is co-organised by Brent Biennial and the Arts Communication and Culture Research Community (ACC) at University of Westminster. It will take place in the Auditorium\, University of Westminster Harrow Campus. \nYou will also have the chance to experience Jesse Jones’ sound installation\, The Spectre and the Sphere \, onsite at University of Westminster. The Spectre and the Sphere is a sound installation from 2008\, The work features “The Internationale” an international anthem that has been adopted as the anthem of various anarchist\, communist\, socialist\, and social democratic movements eerily played on the electronic instrument\, the theremin. This soundtrack by Lydia Kavina\, the celebrated musical protégée and great-niece of the inventor Leon Theremin\, will be installed at Westminster University as an unannounced intervention into the sonic ecology of the space. The spectre and the Sphere evokes the spectres of ideology and amplifies residual voices that haunt the cultural vessels of history. Playing this Marxist anthem through the building aims to blend these histories with everyday student life in an attempt to echo and evoke possible futures as well as haunted histories. \nImages:1/ Production still from The Spectre and the Sphere (16mm film\, 2008): Photo of Lydia Kavina by Dianna Caramaschi2/ Jesse Jones\, photo by Mark Duggan \nAbout Jesse Jones \nJesse Jones is a Dublin-based artist\, her practice is multi-platform\, working in film\, performance and sculpture through speculative feminisms and Myth. She studied sculpture in NCAD and IADT and has been making film for gallery installations since 2005. She has shown nationally and internationally with films made in Korea\, Los Angeles\, Ireland\, The UK and Australia. \nShe represented Ireland at the Venice Biennale 2017 with the film installation entitled: ” Tremble Tremble” whose title is inspired by the 1970s Italian wages for housework movement\, during which women chanted “Tremate\, tremate\, le streghe sono tornate! (Tremble\, tremble\, the witches have returned!)”. Her most recent work\, “The White Cave” will premier in October 2025 at the Singapore Biennale. \nShe teaches on Sherkin Island\, West Cork for TU Dublin and is an elected member of Aosdana. \nAbout ACC \nArts\, Communication and Culture (ACC) at the University of Westminster is a vibrant interdisciplinary research community dedicated to addressing the pressing challenges of our times. Our work spans critical issues such as systemic inequality\, democratic reform\, climate action\, care\, responsibility\, and the societal impact of technology. By fostering collaboration between researchers\, artists\, practitioners\, and communities\, we aim to bridge urgent real-world questions with innovative knowledge generated through the arts and humanities. Through this work\, we strive to cultivate spaces for dialogue\, reflection\, and collective action\, supporting new ways of living\, thinking\, and creating in a rapidly changing world. \nBrent Biennial 2025: AIR Ritual \nEach breath is a new possibility of life. Inhalation and exhalation as cycles of existence. Air is also the catalytic substance of ignition; it represents the power of utterance; declaration\, song\, whistles\, chants\, spells\, of mobilising ideas and knowledge\, people and animals. The intangible\, invisible force that creates changes in culture\, education\, legal systems\, religion and ideologies. \nAIR Ritual forms part of the programme for Brent Biennial 2025. Titled “Bones\, stones\, and calling the four elements”\, it seeks to invoke a communal spirit of gathering and imagining. Between June to October 2025 four ‘rituals’\, WATER (22 June)\, EARTH (24 July – 1 August) FIRE (26 September – 12 October) and AIR (17 -24 October) will unfold at four Brent sites – a public reservoir\, a park\, an old medical facility and a university campus. Located in the north and south of the borough — Harrow\, Wembley and Kilburn — the ‘rituals’ will feature artists presenting workshops\, talks\, performance and exhibition.
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/brent-biennial-2025-air-ritual-into-the-cave/
LOCATION:University of Westminster\, Harrow Campus\, Watford Rd\, Northwick Park Roundabout\, Harrow\, England\, HA1 3TP\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251017T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251017T150000
DTSTAMP:20251017T204242Z
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SUMMARY:Brent Biennial 2025: AIR Ritual – From Flat to Phat workshop
DESCRIPTION:Join University of Westminster’s Fine Art Mixed Media group for an exploration of inflatables – what happens when air is the main actor?\n\n\nAbout the event \nTake a moment to explore what happens to light\, ephemeral materials when air becomes the main actant. Ask questions of materials: How large can they go – how small and light could they be – can they float can they fly can they hold heavy objects? If lines are drawn on the flat materials what happens to lines when they become air filled objects. Can these potential objects be ‘performed’ to fill them with air? \nAbout the organisers \nUniversity of Westminster’s innovative Fine Art Mixed Media BA gives students the opportunity to explore and develop work across boundaries\, within the ever-expanding contemporary fine art disciplines. \n \nBrent Biennial 2025: AIR Ritual \nEach breath is a new possibility of life. Inhalation and exhalation as cycles of existence. Air is also the catalytic substance of ignition; it represents the power of utterance; declaration\, song\, whistles\, chants\, spells\, of mobilising ideas and knowledge\, people and animals. The intangible\, invisible force that creates changes in culture\, education\, legal systems\, religion and ideologies. \nAIR Ritual forms part of the programme for Brent Biennial 2025. Titled “Bones\, stones\, and calling the four elements”\, it seeks to invoke a communal spirit of gathering and imagining. Between June to October 2025 four ‘rituals’\, WATER (22 June)\, EARTH (24 July – 1 August) FIRE (26 September – 12 October) and AIR (17 -24 October) will unfold at four Brent sites – a public reservoir\, a park\, an old medical facility and a university campus. Located in the north and south of the borough — Harrow\, Wembley and Kilburn — the ‘rituals’ will feature artists presenting workshops\, talks\, performance and exhibition.
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/brent-biennial-2025-air-ritual-from-flat-to-phat-workshop/
LOCATION:University of Westminster\, Harrow Campus\, Watford Rd\, Northwick Park Roundabout\, Harrow\, England\, HA1 3TP\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251017T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251017T180000
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SUMMARY:Brent Biennial 2025: AIR Ritual – Exhibitions
DESCRIPTION:One ticket to see all the AIR Ritual artworks at University of Westminster and Northwick Park Hospital
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/brent-biennial-2025-air-ritual-exhibitions/
LOCATION:University of Westminster\, Harrow Campus\, Watford Rd\, Northwick Park Roundabout\, Harrow\, England\, HA1 3TP\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251017T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251017T150000
DTSTAMP:20251017T204241Z
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SUMMARY:Brent Biennial 2025: AIR Ritual – Breathing Space
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an open and dynamic participatory dialogue exploring the vital intersections of art\, wellbeing\, and collective care\n\n\nBreathing Space: Art\, Wellbeing\, and Collective Care \nJoin us for an open and dynamic dialogue exploring the vital intersections of art\, wellbeing\, and care\, as part of the Brent Biennial AIR Ritual programme. This special session brings together researchers from Arts\, Communication and Culture (ACC) and the Creative Health Initiative at the University of Westminster\, alongside artists and members of Northwick Park Hospital\, to share experiences and collectively imagine new possibilities for creative health. \nIn collaboration with The People Speak\, using their engaging participatory format Talkaoke\, everyone is invited to take a seat at the table. Through conversation\, storytelling\, and speculative thinking\, we will explore how art can nurture wellbeing\, transform care environments\, and build meaningful connections between individuals\, institutions\, and communities. \nThis event takes place in the FORUM\, University Of Westminster\, Harrow Campus. \nPlease note\, there will be a break for lunch at 1:00pm\, and the session will resume at 2:00pm. \n \nAbout Talkaoke \nTalkaoke is a live\, television-style talk show format developed by The People Speak collective. It’s a great way to connect with strangers and find out about the latest ideas people are talking about! Talkaoke host sits in the middle of an illuminated round table while participants sit around the outside\, discussing whatever topics emerge. It’s completely non-hierarchical – participants set the agenda by grabbing the microphone and sharing their views. Conversations can be topical\, funny\, deep\, or surreal\, creating an unexpected journey from subject to subject. Participants are invited to drop by for as long as they want and contribute to the conversation or just listen. Don’t worry if your thought is not fully formed – we will complete it together in the course of the session. You don’t have to agree with everybody – we welcome difference of perspectives and explore commonalities. \n \nAbout the organisers \nArts\, Communication and Culture (ACC) at the University of Westminster is a vibrant interdisciplinary research community dedicated to addressing the pressing challenges of our times. Our work spans critical issues such as systemic inequality\, democratic reform\, climate action\, care\, responsibility\, and the societal impact of technology. By fostering collaboration between researchers\, artists\, practitioners\, and communities\, we aim to bridge urgent real-world questions with innovative knowledge generated through the arts and humanities. Through this work\, we strive to cultivate spaces for dialogue\, reflection\, and collective action\, supporting new ways of living\, thinking\, and creating in a rapidly changing world. \nThe People Speak are a collective of artists and creative communicators based in London\, collaborating with partners in the UK and Europe. We have 28 years’ expertise in helping people to understand each other and collectively process the complexity of the world. We develop creative\, fun and engaging communication tools to repair the damaging impact of polarisation in society in a live – unmediated by AI\, technology way. For us\, conversation is a creative medium that leads to new ideas – not just means to share information\, knowledge and opinions. Creativity is a powerful and rebellious force necessary in areas that are not typically associated with creativity: science\, academic research\, public decision making\, community engagement. \nBrent Biennial 2025: AIR Ritual \nEach breath is a new possibility of life. Inhalation and exhalation as cycles of existence. Air is also the catalytic substance of ignition; it represents the power of utterance; declaration\, song\, whistles\, chants\, spells\, of mobilising ideas and knowledge\, people and animals. The intangible\, invisible force that creates changes in culture\, education\, legal systems\, religion and ideologies. \nAIR Ritual forms part of the programme for Brent Biennial 2025. Titled “Bones\, stones\, and calling the four elements”\, it seeks to invoke a communal spirit of gathering and imagining. Between June to October 2025 four ‘rituals’\, WATER (22 June)\, EARTH (24 July – 1 August) FIRE (26 September – 12 October) and AIR (17 -24 October) will unfold at four Brent sites – a public reservoir\, a park\, an old medical facility and a university campus. Located in the north and south of the borough — Harrow\, Wembley and Kilburn — the ‘rituals’ will feature artists presenting workshops\, talks\, performance and exhibition.
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/brent-biennial-2025-air-ritual-breathing-space/
LOCATION:University of Westminster\, Harrow Campus\, Watford Rd\, Northwick Park Roundabout\, Harrow\, England\, HA1 3TP\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251016T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251016T193000
DTSTAMP:20251016T074451Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry in Wembley: The Language of Care
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy an evening with two award winning poets\, Caroline Smith & Erica Hesketh.\n\n\n Poetry Readings by two award winning poets\, Caroline Smith & Erica Hesketh.  \nPoetry about the end of life and the beginning. These poets write powerfully and movingly about the challenges of dementia and early motherhood. Their poetry finds the heartache and joy that will resonate with all those caring for loved ones.  \nBycatch by Caroline Smith is published by Nine Arches Press in Autumn 2025. \n‘In Bycatch Caroline Smith has created a remarkable journal of care and its complex narratives\, composed throughout with striking clarity of image and compassionate observation. These finely resonant poems show us how the worlds of capacity and apparent incapacity exist all in the same moment – her ageing parents’ house ‘like an unlocked church’\, generous and vulnerable; her father’s shoe\, unrecognised by him\, ‘like a tugboat guiding him through the fog’; and most joyfully of all his un-anchored language ‘high up in the roof of the cloud forest/ broken free of the ground.’ Jane Draycott \nCaroline Smith lives in Wembley. She is author of ‘The Immigration Handbook‘ which was shortlisted for the Ted Hughes Award and translated into Italian. Widely published in journals and the recipient of many poetry prizes\, she is a 2025 Hawthornden Fellow. \n \nIn the Lily Room by Erica Hesketh was published by Nine Arches Press in Spring 2025 \n‘Medical misogyny\, birth trauma\, postnatal depression\, joy and boredom – all of this and more are held in place in these lyrical\, image-drenched poems as Hesketh expands our ideas and perceptions around what it means to be a mother.’ Kim Moore \nErica Hesketh is originally from Japan and Denmark she is now based in London. Her poetry has been commissioned by the Royal Festival hall\, Spread the Word and the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Poet and editor\, she was previously Director of the Poetry Translation Centre.
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/poetry-in-wembley-the-language-of-care/
LOCATION:Wembley Library\, 32 Engineers Way\, Wembley Park\, England\, HA9 8TS\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Kingsbury and Kenton Brent Connects Autumn 2025
DESCRIPTION:Don’t miss this opportunity to join Kingsbury and Kenton Brent Connects meeting online and have meaningful conversations!!\n\n\nJoin us for the Kingsbury and Kenton Brent Connects meeting!\n \nIf you live\, work or are interested and passionate in all things Kinsgbury and Kenton and surrounding areas – join our meeting!! \nThese regular meetings are a great opportunity to stay informed about your neighborhood. Sharing your views and disscusing the issues that affecting your area can lead to possitive change and improvements. This is your chance to access\, influence council’s decisions and hear from speakers and senior leaders at Brent Council. We hope you can join us; everyone is welcome! \nMeeting will be chaired by your local ward councillors. \nDon’t miss chance to connect\, collaborate\, and create positive change!
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/kingsburykenton-brent-connects-autumn-2025/
LOCATION:England
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251016T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251016T200000
DTSTAMP:20251016T142859Z
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SUMMARY:Hate Crime Awareness Panel and Q&A
DESCRIPTION:Join Brent Council for an evening focused on hate crime exploring how we address this within our community.\n\n\nWe welcome Brent residents to join the Community Safety team for an evening to hear from our contributors who support our diverse community\, as we raise awareness around what hate crimes are\, the impact within our diverse community\, and how this is addressed.   There will be an opportunity to share your views and ask questions.  \nWe will be joined by MET Police\, Tell MAMA\, Stop Hate UK\, Prevent\, Stay Safe East\, who will also join our Q&A to close the event.  \nFood and refreshments provided.
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/hate-crime-awareness-panel-and-qa/
LOCATION:Brent Civic Centre\, The Base (1st Floor)\, Engineers Way\, Wembley Park\, England\, HA9 0FJ\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251015T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251015T200000
DTSTAMP:20251015T074420Z
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SUMMARY:In Conversation with: Richard Langley & Mark Stein
DESCRIPTION:Former Professional Footballers Richard Langley & Mark Stein talk about the changes they have see over the years\, both on and off the pitch.\n\n\nFormer Professional Footballers Richard Langley & Mark Stein talk candidly about the changes they have see over the years\, both on and off the field. Providing insight into the unique journey both athletes have taken throughout their lives they will reflect on issues such as the impact of social media coverage on athletes\, equality and inclusion in sport\, the pressure and mental health support available. \nThe audience will have the opportunity to ask questions in an interactive Q&A with both former footballers \nAbout the Jason Roberts Foundation: \nThe Jason Roberts Foundation (JRF) is a sport for development charity delivering a programme of wrap-around support for 5 – 25-year-olds\, incorporating mentoring\, life skills\, education\, and training\, within our multi-sports activities providing opportunities and promoting exercise and team games to young people\, including those at risk\, and those with physical and learning difficulties and disabilities. \nThere is also a focus on health and wellbeing family interventions\, and intergenerational community projects and events. We collaborate with local voluntary\, public\, and private sector organisations\, and funding bodies to achieve our objective of ‘community first’ \nThis event is part of the nationwide project Our Freedom Then and Now\, exploring the legacy of VE Day and VJ Day. In Brent this takes the form of a dynamic community programme jointly delivered by Brent Libraries\, Culture and Heritage and the Jason Roberts Foundation.
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/in-conversation-with-richard-langley-mark-stein/
LOCATION:Harlesden Library\, Craven Park Road\, London\, England\, NW10 8SE\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251015T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251015T170000
DTSTAMP:20251015T142851Z
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SUMMARY:Disability Forum
DESCRIPTION:Let’s come together at the Disability Forum to discuss challenges\, share experiences\, and find solutions – see you there!\n\n\nBrent Council would like to invite you to the next Disability Forum meeting will be held on Wednesday\, 15th October 3-5pm. \nTopics on the agenda include a “Members Voice” session where people can share their views or concerns\, followed by an exercise from the forum Chair to gather ideas for future forum topics and speakers. \nAshford Place & Public Health will present on the Belonging Project\, which supports Brent adults experiencing loneliness and isolation by connecting them with important services and community services. \nAdult Social Care team will present on the newly updated Adult Social Care website\, which will show new tools to help residents better understand and access available services whilst providing update on work being delivered. EDI Team will deliver an EDI exercise to engage members in shaping inclusive practices.
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/disability-forum-6/
LOCATION:Brent Civic Centre\, Engineers Way\, Wembley Park\, England\, HA9 0FJ\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251015T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251015T140000
DTSTAMP:20251014T192618Z
CREATED:20250929T155932Z
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SUMMARY:Stitch Social
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the summer season of Stitch Social and enjoy a rich blend of storytelling and stitch art creativity. Funded by NLWA
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/stitch-social-30/
LOCATION:Sycamore Community Hall\, 27A West End Lane\, London\, England\, NW6 4NY\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251015T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251015T123000
DTSTAMP:20251014T192618Z
CREATED:20250926T150130Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251014T192618Z
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SUMMARY:Women Supporting Women: A New Social Club for Women in NW6 and Beyond
DESCRIPTION:Join our new women’s group; share experiences\, build friendships & support each other. Launch 17 Sept\, 10:30am. All welcome!
URL:https://cvsbrent.org.uk/events/women-supporting-women-a-new-social-club-for-women-in-nw6-and-beyond-3/
LOCATION:England
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